Since releasing his acclaimed debut album Aforemention (Mashibeats/Ropeadope/Mental Groove), drummer, DJ and producer Tommaso Cappellato has taken his solo project to live stages all over the world - from Los Angeles’ Low End Theory to New York’s NUBLU, from Gilles Peterson’s Worldwide Festival Leysin to Kyoto’s legendary Club Metro. Now, we’re graced with four stunning re-interpretations of songs from his longplayer, lovingly reimagined by talent from all over the planet.
Each rework came into being through a story of friendship, comradery or even random encounters – such as in the case of London-based soul singer Natalie May who happened to be in the audience at Cappellato’s London show at Jazz Re:freshed, and improvised her melody to “R’n’Free”, recording it straight onto her phone right then and there. One of the most popular songs on the album, “Fly” - beautifully vocalled by LA gem Nia Andrews, gets flipped into anthemic soulful house for dancefloor lovers by legendary DJ/producer Alex Attias (Beatless/Mustang) with keyboard contributions courtesy of master piano/keys/electronics performer Mark de Clive-Lowe. Afrikan Sciences - an authority among the most visionary electronic music creators - delivered a stunning, cubistic drum-machine-driven rework of “Pastlife Flashbacks” - only 48 hours after getting the stems!; while Emanative, a fellow drummer with whom Tommaso has shared the DJ booth with on a few occasions, paints an ambitious sonic canvas taking elements from each individual song from the original album and titles it “Emanative’s Affirmation”, a uniquely beautiful 12-minute conceptual ambient soundscape.
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released June 1, 2018
R’n’Free feat. Natalie May
(written by Tommaso Cappellato and Natalie May)
Drums, Percussion, Synth, Electronics - Tommaso Cappellato
Vocals - Natalie May
Mixed by Toni Economides
Mastered by Max Trisotto
Fly feat. Nia Andrews (Alex Attias Remix feat. Mark de Clive-Lowe)
(written by Tommaso Cappellato)
Producer - Alex Attias
Programmed by Alex Attias
Keys - Mark de Clive-Lowe
Vocals - Nia Andrews
Mixed by Greg Dubuis
Mastered by Max Trisotto
Pastlife Flashbacks (Afrikan Sciences Remix)
(written by Tommaso Cappellato)
Drums, Percussion, Synth, Electronics, Vocals - Tommaso Cappellat
Producer - Eric Douglas Porter
Programmed by Eric Douglas Porter
Mixed by Eric Douglas Porter
Mastered by Max Trisotto
Aforemention (Emanative’s Affirmation)
(written by Tommaso Cappellato)
Drums, Percussion, Synth, Electronics - Tommaso Cappellato
Producer - Nick Woodmansey
Synth - Benjamin Page/Rocketnumbernine
Mastered by Tony Dixon
Rosa is an incredible bass player, visionary artist and composer. Her joy for music and sharing the stage with other people is infectious! Tommaso Cappellato
In this cosmic journey Alessia Obino takes the time to produce a fantastic world of sounds and talk about the injustices that affect this planet, giving a heartfelt perspective through words of hope. Tommaso Cappellato
My side jazz funk trio project with the amazing Alberto Lincetto on keys and Nicolò Masetto on bass. We put a lot of love into this! Tommaso Cappellato
Two bubbling broken beat songs get a pair of reworks that present the core elements in different forms while leaving the chill vibes intact. Bandcamp New & Notable Sep 21, 2019